When I pronounce the word Future, the first syllable already belongs to the past. When I pronounce the word Silence, I destroy it.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAI’m fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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I don’t know the role I’m playing. I only know it’s mine, non-convertible.
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It’s just not easy to explain to someone else what you don’t understand yourself.
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All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look.
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Even the worst book can give us something to think about.
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Such certainty is beautiful, but uncertainty is more beautiful still.
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You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
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Poorly prepared for the dignity of life, I barely keep up with the pace of the action imposed. Reality demands.
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Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
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Generally speaking, life is so rich and full of variety; you have to remember all the time that there is a comical side to everything.
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We’re extremely fortunate not to know precisely the kind of world we live in. One would have to live a long, long time, unquestionably longer than the world itself.
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Carry on, then, if only for the moment that it takes a tiny galaxy to blink!
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Animals don’t even try to look any different from what nature intended. They humbly wear their shells, scales, spines, plumes, pelts, and down. The conscious impulse to change one’s appearance is found only among humans.
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No day copies yesterday, no two nights will teach what bliss is in precisely the same way, with precisely the same kisses.
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Nothing’s a gift, it’s all on loan.
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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
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